With the re-signing of Kyrie IrvingTHE Mavericks leave with their duo of All-Stars, with also Luka Doncic in the Texas backcourt.
Franchise Owner, mark cuban has therefore succeeded in its main mission of the summer, which was to extend the 2016 champion to allow dallas to first find the playoffs and why not aim for the title then. The prospect of seeing the Irving / Doncic pair work does not worry the big boss of the Mavs in the least…
” I think Kyrie is mature enough to know it’s Luka’s team. Luka knows it, [Kyrie] knows that and that’s the most important thing, he’s ready to play more as a full-back », he explains thus, ruling out any form of future ego warfare between the two men.
With Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic will be able to do less
What enchants Mark Cuban the most about Kyrie Irving is being able to rely on an All-Star playmaker, able to relieve Luka Doncic on the floor, and even replace him when he has to rest or, worse, be absent.
” We have another point guard who can score and create for his teammates. They are two players who make others better and we didn’t have that before. “Judges the Texan leader. ” When Luka was away [la saison dernière], we struggled and experienced many difficulties. Luka had to do too much, we put a lot of pressure on him. »
As for concerns about the defensive weakness of the Mavericks of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, Mark Cuban was careful not to overwhelm his two leaders.
” We struggled in defense after the transfer, but there were a lot of reasons behind that. It wasn’t just Luka or Kyrie’s fault, and we were one of the best teams in attack, in the Top 2/3 in the league “, He adds, highlighting the 120 average points scored by Dallas with the Doncic / Irving duo.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Luka Doncic | 66 | 36.2 | 49.6 | 34.2 | 74.2 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 32.4 |
| Kyrie Irving | 20 | 38.1 | 51.0 | 39.2 | 94.7 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 27.0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 53 | 34.1 | 45.5 | 40.5 | 82.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 17.7 |
| Christian Wood | 67 | 25.9 | 51.5 | 37.6 | 77.2 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 16.6 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 71 | 30.3 | 40.1 | 38.5 | 77.0 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 14.4 |
| Dorian Finney Smith | 40 | 32.2 | 41.6 | 35.5 | 75.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 9.1 |
| Josh Green | 60 | 25.7 | 53.7 | 40.2 | 72.3 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| jade hardy | 48 | 14.8 | 43.8 | 40.4 | 82.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Kemba Walker | 9 | 16.0 | 42.1 | 25.0 | 81.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| Reggie Bullock | 78 | 30.3 | 40.9 | 38.0 | 70.3 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 7.2 |
| Dwight Powell | 76 | 19.2 | 73.2 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 6.7 |
| Maxi Kléber | 37 | 25.1 | 45.6 | 34.8 | 71.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 5.9 |
| Davis Bertans | 45 | 10.9 | 43.1 | 39.0 | 86.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| Markieff Morris | 8 | 8.7 | 42.4 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Javale Mcgee | 42 | 8.4 | 64.0 | 40.0 | 58.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Justin Holiday | 18 | 16.4 | 36.7 | 28.6 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| Mckinley Wright Iv | 27 | 12.4 | 46.9 | 32.1 | 68.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| Aj Lawson | 14 | 7.6 | 48.8 | 40.0 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| Tyler Dorsey | 3 | 2.8 | 80.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 47 | 12.9 | 36.4 | 25.4 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| Theo Pinson | 40 | 8.1 | 35.6 | 35.5 | 84.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Chris Silva | 1 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 8 | 6.5 | 23.1 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
